Tsar Boris is a strong-willed and wise governor. But there’s a secret that brought him to desired power…the crime…the crimson crime…and the day of reckoning is near.. The Time of Troubles is inevitably coming.. In his immortal work, Aleksei Tolstoy raises the eternal question of power, its purpose and its means. And addresses the issue «in the light of Conscience»…
With the participation of Yurlov Russian State Academic Choir and The State Academic Capella of St. Petersburg
Performance Director – People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Beilis
Set Designer – People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of State Prizes of the USSR Iosif Sumbatashvili
Composer – People's Artist of the USSR, winner of the Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR Georgiy Sviridov
Set restoration - Merited worker of culture of Russia Alexander Glazunov
Costume restoration - Aleksey Trefilov
Lighting Designer - Honored Worker of Culture of Russia Anatoliy Remizov
Director - Andrey Tsisaruk
Assistant directors - Honored Worker of Culture of Russia Vladimir Egorov, Tatiana Egorova, Svetlana Mochalova
Prompts - Larissa Merkulova, Irina Varlamova
Premiere – October 10th, 2017
Running Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Suitable for 12+yrs
A tragedy in 2 Acts
The performance runs with one intermission
Roles and actors:
Tsar Boris Fyodorovich Godunov People's Artist of Russia Valeriy Afanasyev
Tsarina Maria Grigoryevna, his wife, the daughter of oprichniks' head Malyuta Skuratova Honored Artist of Russia Tatyana Lebedeva
Their children: Tsarevich Fyodor Sergey Efremov
Tsarevna Xenia Mary Mark
Tsarina Irina, sister of Tsar Boris Honored Artist of Russia Olga ChuvaevaState Prize of the Russian Federation laureate, Irina Leonova
Tsarina Maria Fyodorovna Nagaya, in monasticism Marfa Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation Government, People's Artist of Russia Lyudmila Polyakova People's Artist of Russia Aleftina Evdokimova
Christian, Prince of Denmark, fiancé of Xenia Alexander Driven Mikhail Martyanov
Semyon Godunov Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Beliy
Prince Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Dubroskiy
Fyodor Nikitich Romanov Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of Russia Yuriy Ilyin
Alexander Nikitich Romanov Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Bunakov Pyotr Abramov
Prince Repnin Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Veshchev Dmitriy Krivosheev
Prince Cherkassky Honored Artist of Russia Vasiliy Zotov Pyotr Zhikharev
Prince Sitsky Honored Artist of Russia Vasiliy Dakhnenko
Prince Golitsyn Evgeniy Sorokin
Saltykov Viktor Andrianov Alexander Volkov
Lup-Kleshnin, brother Levky Mikhail Fomenko
Volokhova Klavdiya Moiseeva
Vlasiev, the Duma clerk Alexander Naumov
Voeiykov Aleksey Anokhin
Pyotr Basmanov Oleg Dobrovan Alexander Volkov
Dementievna Galina Mikshun
Sir Richard Lee, English ambassador Stanislav Soshnikov
Logau, Austrian Ambassador People's Artist of Russia Aleksey Kudinovich Konstantin Yudaev
Sapega, Lithuanian Ambassador People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Nosik Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Veshchev
Lachin-Beck, Persian Ambassador People's Artist of Russia Sergey Eremeev Aleksey Konovalov
Chelibey, Turkish ambassador Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Tezov Igor Grigoriev
Archimandrite Cyril, Ambassador Honored Artist of Russia Pyotr Skladchikov Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Kagakov
Hermes, burgomaster Pyotr Abramov Sergey Vidineev
The doctor Andrey Manke Ignatiy Kuznetsov
Choir sisters Nataliya Shvets Yulia Safronova Ekaterina Biks
Boyars, streltsy, ryndas Evgeniy Aranovskiy